Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Naval_Station_Guantanamo_Bay
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:area 45 square miles
gptkbp:borderedBy Cuban military zone
gptkbp:commander Captain Samuel White (as of 2023)
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
gptkbp:controlledBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:country gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:established 1898
gptkbp:fenceLength 17.4 miles
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:United_States_Southern_Command
gptkbp:hasAirport gptkb:McCalla_Field
gptkb:Leeward_Point_Field
gptkbp:hasChapel gptkb:Naval_Station_Chapel
gptkbp:hasHospital gptkb:U.S._Naval_Hospital_Guantanamo_Bay
gptkbp:hasPopulation about 6,000 (including military, civilians, and contractors)
gptkbp:hasPort gptkb:Guantanamo_Bay_Port
gptkbp:hasRecreation gptkb:Morale,_Welfare_and_Recreation_(MWR)_facilities
gptkb:Windward_Ferry_Landing
gptkb:Leeward_Point_Field
gptkbp:hasSchool gptkb:W.T._Sampson_School
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
gptkbp:ICAO_code gptkb:MUGM
gptkb:NBW
gptkbp:leasedTo gptkb:Cuba
gptkbp:leaseDuration 1903
perpetual lease
gptkbp:location gptkb:Guantánamo_Bay
gptkbp:mediaCoverage featured in films and documentaries
subject of international controversy
subject of human rights debates
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Gitmo
gptkb:GTMO
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Cuban_Missile_Crisis
gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
establishment of detention camp in 2002
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:Khalid_Sheikh_Mohammed
gptkb:Mohammed_al-Qahtani
gptkb:Omar_Khadr
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:postalCode FPO AA 34040
gptkbp:primaryUse naval operations
logistics support
military detention
gptkbp:runwaySurface 2
gptkbp:serves gptkb:United_States_military
contractors
Department of Defense civilians
gptkbp:timezone EST
gptkbp:website https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/ns_guantanamo_bay.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_Navy_Region_Southeast
gptkb:Fleet_Logistics_Center_Norfolk
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5